Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-14
Seraps aud fafts.

TkkatS aAh S@|1".
The women politicians of the county,
according to Mrs. Belva Lockwood, are
now preparing for the most vigorous cam
paign of the protracted war for universal
suffrage. Efforts are being made to effect
q coalition of the various factions striving
for the common end.
-Bradstreet's report of last Friday esti-
mates the cotton crop at 6.490,0O bales, or
$50, 900 bales more than the last estimate
Of the agricultural department. If the
crop should amount to $780, 600 bales, the
increased demand of the world would con-
sumo it at fair prices. Therefore, let no
one feel unduly uneasy about the situation.
The New York apple crop this year is
enormous. The crop is estimated at 2,5o0,-
600 to 5000, 600 barrels. This does not in
clude the large amount used in cider mills,
evaporators and canning factories. over
1000, 900 barrels will be shipped to Europe,
the State being full of Glasgow, Liverpool
and Austrian buyers.
- Reports from the Southern cotton
mills show an important improvement
the consumption of cotton having lncreas-
ed 1900 bales, or nearly 6. per cent. IN
the last six months. In the last three
months thirty-two cotton factories nave
been established in Ne South: What IS
more, many Of the PRODUCTS OF these co.,
ton mills are finding their way into foreign
markets.
The commissioner OF labor statistics for
North Carolina says that there are 80 cot
ton factories in that State representing IN
vested capital to the amount of $4,0OO,0OO
The total number of spindles run is 2OO,OOO
and they consume annually 30,OOO,OQO
pounds of cotton. The aggregate OF the
cotton crop of the State is about 4OO,O0O
bales. so 1t appears that one-6fth of the
North Carolina crop is consumed by the
mills of that State.
in the House of Delegates of the Vlr-
ginia Legislature last Thursday, a joint
resolution was a~dopted-90 to 1-directlng
the Virginia Senators and requesting her
representatives in Congress to use their
best efforts to secure the repeal OF the IN,
ternal revenue system OF taxation,
failing in that, to secure, if possible, the re-
peal Of so much of the system as imposes
q tax On tobacco in any OF Its forms, ana
upon spirits distilled from fruit.
+ The revenues of the Government from
all sources aggregated $3O,5OO,OO0 IN the
month of November. This was an income
of one million a day, yet the amount PAID
out nearly equaled the receipts. Eight
cen millions was paid out for pensions.
While the public debt increased nearly a
million, it is fortunate that this heavy
drain does not continue uniformly through
out the months of the year. The month OF
November is always signalized by heavy
disbursements to pensioners.
There is a very general impression thai
President Cleveland is a fat man. says
q correspondent: GAS a matter OF fact ne
is not fat, although he is stout. His flesh
is remarkably firm and his muscles are
remarkably strong, while his bones are
large and we'll knit. The result is that ne
carries himself with more ease, grace n
dignity than most men OF half his size,
and suffers very little Of the ~inconven-
fence over which fat men as large as he Is
are constantly groaning."
The Atlanta city election last Thurs
day hinged upon the Prohibition question.
The Ants had out a straight ticket, while
the Prohibitionists ran a combination
ticket. The election was warmly contes-
ted and resulted in a victory for the Ants,
their average majority being 1000. This
gives the Ants complete control OF the
city. The commissioners of Fulton coun-
ty have fixed the wholesale licenses IN the
county at 81 900. Their right to 90 so IS
COQCSSISu. Liz ICldll 1lSCuoSo ~ ~
sued in January.
No small sensation has been caused in
Atlanta by the failure. of the new city
council to re-elect United States Senator
Joseph E. Brown as a member of the board
of education. 1t was currently admitted
that an organized effort would be made to
defeat him, and the fact Of his prominent
connection with the anti-prohibition clan
is said to have been used to his disadvan-
tage. The Senator has always been con-
sidered invincible in politics, and to be
denied reelection to the honorary Office
named, is regarded by his friends as an
undeserved slight. It is claimed to have
been due to an oversight.
The General Christian Conference,
under the auspices and direction of the
Evangelical Alliance for the United States,
of which VIM. E. Dodge, of New York,
is president, and Rev. DIR. Josiah Strong,
of New York, is general secretary, was IN
session in Washington last week. On Fri
day afternoon about 1000 members of the
Alliance called at the White House to pay
their respects to President and Mrs. Cleve-
York, (of "Three Rs" fame) was among
those presented. The President recognize
ed him at once, and advancing TOWARD
him said, with considerable earnestness
and fervor, that he was very glad to
see him, whereupon the crowd Of dele
gates broke into hearty laughter.
. Speaking of celestial phenomenon, an
exchange says: The Star of Bethlehem,
which has always borne part in rhyme
and story with the birth of Christ, and
which for a long time was regarded by
many as purely mythical, is, after an alb
sence of 315 years, visible in the eastern
skies between A. M. and daylight. That
this is the veritable star so often referred
to admits of no doubt, for the astronomers
say that it makes its appearance once n
every 314 or 315 years. Taking the aver
age of 314! years and multiplying by six,
the result is 1887, the exact number of years
since the birth of Christ. This proof is
absolute and admits of no denial. To the
naked. eye the star appears to be about
one eighth the size of the moon. Its posi-
ton is about east by south.
= 1t looks now as though the PROPOSE
ton to open a portion of the Indian Terri
tory to settlement would receive stronger
support in the Fiftieth Congress than it
ever has secured hitherto. This is partly
due to the fact that several lines of rail
roads are under construction through the
Territory, under grants by Congress, while
others are in prospect. But a still more po-
tent influence ia that. if allOtments are to